Decreased Survival of Invasive Ductal Breast Cancer Patients With Two Macrometastatic Lymph Nodes Among Few Resected Ones: Should Current Sentinel-Lymph-Node Guidelines Be Revised?

Decreased Survival of Invasive Ductal Breast Cancer Patients With Two Macrometastatic Lymph Nodes Among Few Resected Ones: Should Current Sentinel-Lymph-Node Guidelines Be Revised?

PurposeSentinel-lymph-node (SLN) biopsy (SLB) is an efficient and safe axillary surgical approach with decreased morbidity than total axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in initial patients (T1–T2). Current guidelines strongly suggest avoiding completion of ALND in patients with one or two positiv...

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Main Authors: Felipe A. C. Luz, Rogério A. Araújo, Marcelo J. B. Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
breast neoplasm
lymph node metastasis
sentinel lymph node biopsy
neoplasm staging
nomograms
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.669890/full

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